Improve various aspects of pg_rewind documentation
authorMichael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Fri, 1 May 2020 08:40:41 +0000 (17:40 +0900)
committerMichael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Fri, 1 May 2020 08:40:41 +0000 (17:40 +0900)
commit78bad97faa160c292ea91a0ea8f081907903ee79
treea6cfc1d43569c9db3a6b2ae109ccfa61359aab37
parentd9c501da70b079a7138f8b339339169d5bd24143
Improve various aspects of pg_rewind documentation

The pg_rewind docs currently assert that the state of the target's
data directory after rewind is equivalent to the source's data
directory.  This clarifies the documentation to describe that the base
state is further back in time and that the target's data directory will
include the current state from the source of any copied blocks since the
point of divergence.

This commit also improves the section "How It Works":
- Describe the update of the pg_control file.
- Reorganize the list of files and directories ignored during the
rewind.

Author: James Coleman
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAaqYe-sgqCos7MXF4XiY8rUPy3CEmaCY9EvfhX-DhPhPBF5_A@mail.gmail.com
doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_rewind.sgml